You have previously chosen an object in your classroom. Using the acronym SCAMPER, generate ideas to transform your object. Have fun!


S- Substitute

C- Compromise

A- Adapt

M- Magnify

P- Put to other uses

E- Eliminate/Mimify

R- Rearrange or reverse


Helper Questions
Substitute:
  1. Can I change the color, roughness, sound or smell?
  2. Can I change the shape?
  3. Can I substitute one part for another?
  4. Can I use other material?
  5. Can I replace or change any parts?
  6. Can I rename it?

Combine:

  1. Can I combine i or recombine its parts?
  2. What materials can be combined?
  3. What can I combine to maximize its number of uses?

Adapt:
  1. What ideas could I emulate?
  2. Could I borrow or copy?
  3. What else is like it?
Magnify :
  1. Can I add extra features?
  2. Can I make it larger/ bigger?
  3. What can be duplicated?

Put to other uses:
  1. What else can it be used for?
  2. How would a child or older person use it?
  3. Are there new ways to use it in its current shape or form?

Eliminate or Mimify:
  1. What parts can be removed without changing its function?
  2. What if I made it smaller?
  3. How can I simplify it?

Rearrange:
  1. What other arrangement might be better?
  2. What if I consider it backwards?
  3. Are there other patterns, layouts or sequences that I can use?